4 Arrested in Sean Taylor Murder Denied Bail

The
Miami-Dade Police Department says it has arrested four people in
connection with the shooting death of Washington Redskins football star
Sean Taylor.

Miami-Dade police department spokeswoman Linda O'Brien identified
the men as: Venjah K. Hunte, 20; Eric Rivera Jr., 17; Jason Scott
Mitchell, 17; and Charles Kendrick Lee Wardlow, 18. O'Brien said that
the exact charges for each had not yet been determined but "we are
talking murder and burglary," she said.

They were arrested Friday in southwest Florida, about 100 miles from
Miami. They will be booked into the Lee County Jail and will eventually
be returned to Miami, she said. She did not have any information on
when they would appear in court or if they had attorneys.

Taylor died Tuesday, one day after being shot at his home in an
affluent Miami suburb during what officials said appeared to be an
attempted burglary. The suspects weren't expecting Taylor to be home,
said police Director Robert Parker said, but Taylor was recuperating
from a knee injury and had returned home to Miami from Washington.

"They were certainly not looking to go there and kill anyone,"
Parker said. Parker said authorities had more than one confession but
would not elaborate.

"We're looking into whether or not one or more of the individuals had been at the residence before," Parker said.

The Miami Herald said investigators believe the men learned of
Taylor's house through someone who unwittingly set up the burglary by
bragging about his wealth. The suspects include two teenagers and a man
in his 20s, the paper reported.

Miami-Dade detectives have detained at least three people in Lee County for questioning in the death of Washington Redskins football star Sean Taylor.

Investigators believe the young men learned of Taylor's house through someone who unwittingly set up the burglary by bragging about the football star's wealth.

The suspects include a teenager and two men in their 20s who hail from the Fort Myers area.

The former University of Miami star was not supposed to be home. While the Redskins played in Tampa, he had come home to get a second medical opinion on his injured knee.

Florida Department of Law Enforcement agents and Miami-Dade homicide detectives picked up the young men Friday morning.

Taylor was shot early Monday by an intruder who surprised him in the bedroom of his Palmetto Bay home. He wielded a machete as he tried to protect his fiancee, Jackie Garcia, and their 18-month-old baby girl. The two were hiding under the covers as Taylor was shot. One bullet pierced the wall. The other struck Taylor in the groin, severing his femoral artery and causing massive blood loss. He died later at Jackson Memorial Hospital.